This Week: NCAI Presidential Transition Series

Neoshia Roemer
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkcuuqrjsqHtAuhpt5RHedEMpvLER2CesR

NCAI PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION SERIES

Indian Country’s Participation in the Appointment Process Webinar

Thursday, January 14, 2021

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST

Every new Presidential Administration appoints individuals to more than 9,000 new political jobs. Please join the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) for an opportunity to learn about what it means to serve a Presidential Administration through a political appointment. Learn from an expert panel of current and former American Indian/Alaska Native appointees about the appointment process, service, and how tribal leaders can support prospective candidates.

CONFIRMED PANELISTS

Clara Pratte

Tribal Engagement Director, Biden Transition Team

Matt Dannenberg

Senior Associate Director, Presidential Personnel Office, Biden White House

Alison Grigonis

Previous Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs; Senior Director of Cabinet Affairs at the Obama White House

Kim Teehee

Previous Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs, White House Domestic Policy Council

Please click here to register!

Fourth Circuit Briefs in Ledford v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians [pro se ICRA takings claim]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Ledford Brief

Tribe Brief

Lower court materials here.

NYTs: “Tribal Elders Are Dying From the Pandemic, Causing a Cultural Crisis for American Indians”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Federal Court Rejects Osage Wind Company’s Equitable Defenses re: Osage Mineral Council

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are updated materials in United States v. Osage Wind LLC (N.D. Okla.):

161 DCT Order

164 Osage Mineral Council Complaint in Intervention

204 OMC Motion for Judgment on Pleadings

205 Response

206 Reply

207 DCT Order

Case tag here.

Eighth Circuit Affirms Major Crimes Act Conviction [Rosebud]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Earth.

Kansas Indian Law CLE January 29

Kate Fort

Here is the announcement.

Not to be too promotional, but they got three pretty solid presenters (no manel here!) for this CLE: 

Working for Tribal Clients – Ethics
An overview of ethical responsibilities and obligations of legal practitioners who represent tribal clients, including tribal nations, tribal organizations and tribal members. (1.0 Ethics CLE)
Presented by: Vivien Olsen, Managing Attorney for the Legal Assistance to Victims program of the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.
 
Indian Child Welfare Act: Litigation and Legislation
Are you familiar with ICWA (1978)? Any attorney practicing in family law or child-related cases will benefit from this session where Professor Kate Fort will review ICWA and key cases from 2019 and 2020, including recent state legislation and court rules adopted to protect ICWA. (1.0 General CLE)
Presenter: Professor Kate Fort, Michigan State University, Indian Law Clinic
 
The Violence Against Women Act & the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Crisis
4 in 5 Indigenous women will experience violence in their lifetimes. – National Institute of Justice Report
 
This session will discuss the re-authorization of VAWA efforts over the past two years and will discuss the most recent efforts to pass legislation that will address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous Persons in the United States. (1.0 General CLE)
Presented by: Mary Kathryn Nagle, member of Cherokee Nation, partner at Pipestem Law PC

SCOTUS Denies Cert in FMC Corp. v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

The cert stage briefs in the FMC case are here.

Lower court materials here.

Carrie Dann Walks On

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Los Angeles Times obit here.

Democracy Now coverage here.

Here are some pages from my Indian law comic book-in-progress about U.S. v. Dann:

538: “Storming The U.S. Capitol Was About Maintaining White Power In America”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Powerful essay by Hakeem Jefferson, here.

SCOTUS Grants CARES Act Cases

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list. The Court granted the consolidated cases of Mnuchin v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation and Alaska Native Village Corporation Assn. v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.

Here are the cert stage briefs.

Here are the lower court materials.